Meetings
The Biomass Research and Development (R&D) Technical Advisory Committee (Committee) holds four meetings per year (one per quarter). At each meeting the Committee is updated on the biomass R&D activities of the Departments of Energy and Agriculture, in addition to hearing from other biomass stakeholders including federal agencies, industry and non-governmental organizations. The Committee uses the information from these presentations along with their own expertise to help craft recommendations on the direction of biomass R&D at the federal level. Each year the Committee's recommendations to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture are compiled into an Annual Report to Congress on biomass R&D and jointly submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The Committee's most recent meeting materials are below. For an archive of past Committee meeting materials click on the corresponding year to the left.
Meeting Presentations from the November 14–15, 2012, Biomass R&D Committee Meeting
- DOE Updates on Biomass R&D Activities
, Elliott Levine, DFO, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy - USDA Update on Biomass R&D Activities, Todd Campbell, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- BRDi Solicitation and New Awards Update
- Briefing for Biomass R&D TAC, Daniel Cassidy, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Neil Rossmeissl, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
- Briefing for Biomass R&D TAC
- FY 2012 Annual Recommendations
- Public Comment
- Biochemical and Biobased Engineering, Corinne Young, Corinne Young LLC.
- Amy Miranda, Myriant Corporation
- Biochemical and Biobased Engineering
- USDA/DOE Project Updates
- Solazyme Integrated Biorefinery Project, Harrison Dillon, President and Chief Technology Officer, Solazyme
- Renewable Enhanced Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, Kristi Snell, Director, Plant Sciences, Metabolix
- Biomass Gasification: A Comprehensive Demonstration of a Community Scale Biomass Energy System, Lowell Rasmussen, University of Minnesota
- Solazyme Integrated Biorefinery Project
- Inputs to Presentation to the Board
- What are Your Needs for Next Year?
- Update on Joint DPA Initiative
- Harry Baumes, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- DOE Perspectives on Advanced Hydrocarbon-Based Biofuels, Zia Haq, Biomass Program, U.S. Department of Energy
- Department of Navy Energy Goals, Chris Tindal, U.S. Navy
- Public Comment
- Kir George Karouna, Karouna Consulting